Battle of Kämärä

When

27 Jan 1918

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

63.25° N, 27.28° E

Location

Kämärä, Kuolemajärvi, Finland

Outcome

Red victory White withdrawal Red train able to deliver vital war supplies

Belligerents

Finnish Reds vs Finnish Whites

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

1918 battle of the Finnish Civil War

The Battle of Kämärä was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle fought at the Kämärä railway station on 27 January 1918 between the Whites and the Reds. The battle began as a White Guard battalion from Vyborg attacked Kämärä on its march to the White-controlled side of the Karelian Isthmus.

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